DAY 2 - AT SEA - JANUARY 28, 2010

QUITE UNEVENTFUL AS WE SLEPT IN UNTIL ABOUT 9:30. WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE BUFFET BY 10:00 AND ENJOYED BREAKFAST AND CONVERSATION WITH RAMESH AND LOLITA. WE DID PARTAKE OF SOME OF THE LECTURES IN THE AFTER NOON.

I WENT TO THE TALK ON THE PORT OF ARUBA AND MUM JOINED ME FOR THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF TALKS ON THE WORLD OF INVESTMENT. BOTH WERE VERY GOOD AND I CAME AWAY WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN WHEN I WENT IN.

WE HAD A 7TH PERSON JOIN US AT THE DINNER TABLE. HIS NAME IS ALSO BILL, FROM MARYLAND. HE LIVES VERY CLOSE TO RICK AND CINDY BUT THEY HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. CONVERSATION WAS LIVELY. IF WE EVER THOUGHT WE HAD DONE SOME TRAVELING IN OUR LIFETIME, SET ALL NOTION ASIDE. WE ARE PIKERS COMPARED TO THESE FOLKS. WE WOULD HOWEVER LIKE TO CATCHUP TO THEM.

WE ALSO MANAGED TO ATTEND THE EVENINGS ENTERTAINMENT, A COMEDIAN NAMED JEFF NEESE. HE LOOKS ALOT LIKE DENNIS MILLER AND HAD SOME FUNNY STUFF.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WENT TO THE EXERCISE ROOM TODAY. STARTED OUT WITH ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON THE TREADMILL. WE EACH DID OVER A MILE. IT WAS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT BUT WE THINK A GOOD START.